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¶ Naturalisms before the word: the Cārvākas, Wang Chong and Xunzi’s Heaven

I want to test the distinction this site keeps drawing between kinds of naturalism (ontological, methodological, ethical, epistemological) against three older figures who are often lumped together as "early naturalists". The Cārvākas (Lokāyata). Almost all of their own texts are lost; we…